Cybercide
Meet Ryan Halligan, a sweet and gentle thirteen year old who was ridiculed and humiliated by peers online. His friends spread many embarrassing rumors about him and they spread quickly, and eventually led him to suicide. Things like this happens to millions of children around the world and these kids suffer from embarrassing pictures, mean texts, and horrifying social media posts. Cyberbullying is a major online issue, much worse than face to face bullying. First, cyberbullying is anonymous so it is much more damaging to the victim for several reasons. In addition, cyberbullying can happen to anyone, anywhere, anytime, and it can be shown to anyone. First, cyberbullying is anonymous which makes it much more devastating for several reasons. Cyberbullying is a very difficult form of bullying to prevent and to police. No one knows who the bully is, so it makes it impossible to stop. There is no face to face interactions with the bully and the victim which gives the bully a chance to do whatever they want. When kids try to cyberbully they get embedded into the false fact that they are anonymous, so it allows the bully to think
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From many different schools around the world, there are more reports that prove that face to face bullying happens way more often than cyberbullying. Lots of people also say that physical bullying is worse because being physically hurt is much worse than just words. They say that cyberbullying can only effect the emotional and mental aspect but not the physical aspect unlike face to face bullying. This might be true, however, there is an ancient proverb that states: sticks and stones may break your bones but words can hurt forever. This is relatable when it comes to cyberbullying because when people are physically hurt by bullying it heals, but when words come out through cyberbullying they hurt them